Perl

Attach a File to a Multipart MIME Entity

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.AppendPartFromFile method, which reads a local file, creates an attachment part, and appends it. The only argument is the file path; the content headers are chosen from the filename extension.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This is the one-call way to add an attachment: Chilkat reads the file, infers its Content-Type from the extension, base64-encodes binary content, and appends it as a child part — typically inside a multipart/mixed. It is the building block behind adding attachments to an email, saving you from constructing the part and setting its headers by hand.

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use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# Demonstrates the Mime.AppendPartFromFile method, which reads a local file, creates an attachment
# part, and appends it.  The only argument is the file path; the content headers are chosen from
# the filename extension.

my $mime = Chilkat2::Mime->new;
my $success = $mime->NewMultipartMixed();
if (!$success) {
    print $mime->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# A message body part.
my $bodyPart = Chilkat2::Mime->new;
$success = $bodyPart->SetBodyFromPlainText('Please see the attached files.');
if (!$success) {
    print $bodyPart->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $mime->AppendPart($bodyPart);
if (!$success) {
    print $mime->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Attach files directly.
$success = $mime->AppendPartFromFile('qa_data/report.pdf');
if (!$success) {
    print $mime->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $mime->AppendPartFromFile('qa_data/photo.jpg');
if (!$success) {
    print $mime->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Number of parts: ', $mime->NumParts, "\n";